We approached local leaders working on civic issues to provide additional context to the data, trends and stories behind the 2016 Our Miami Report. Here, Tom Hudson, host of “The Sunshine Economy” on WLRN Radio and VP of News at WLRN Public Media, weighs in...

One of the transportation goals identified in the Our Miami Report is for Miami-Dade residents to have access to more public transit options. Miami Fellows Rebecca Fishman Lipsey and Marta Viciedo will launch Miami’s first-ever Public Transit Day to help spark a movement and conversation...

On October 18, I showed up for a lunch with a table full of strangers at Clive’s Cafe in Little Haiti, and ended up having one of the most thoughtful conversations about our city that I’ve had in years. Frank, funny, and yet also raw...

With just one week away from this town’s biggest giving event of the year, we asked folks who are part of the Give Miami Day movement to share why they give, how they’ll elevate their impact this year and whom they’re supporting on November 17th....

You and every Miamian has a story … how you got here, why you stay here, and what you want for the future. Life in Greater Miami is captured in these stories of the 2.6 million people who call this place home....

GrooveMiami is a 2015 Public Space Challenge winner. The team of three set out to create a community-wide dance party. See how they got Miamians on their feet.
What would happen if you invited the entire community to one huge dance party, at a park, and...

Nelson Hincapie is president and CEO of Voices For Children Foundation, a Community Grants recipient. The nonprofit helps meet a critical need as advocates for the more than 3,000 children in Miami-Dade’s foster care system and fulfilling the children’s medical, educational and social needs. He...

David Hazim is a 2015 Public Space Challenge winner. A disc golf enthusiast, he wanted to bring a course to his Homestead neighborhood. David recently shared his story with us about how he used his grant to make the idea happen.
Imagine regular golf but with...

On Monday, Charles Kinsey was shot by a North Miami police officer. Our CEO sent this letter to North Miami Mayor Dr. Smith Joseph on behalf of all Miami-Dade County residents.
Dear Mayor Joseph:
As the community foundation for Miami-Dade County, we have worked for...

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Established in 1967, The Miami Foundation uses civic leadership, community investment and philanthropy to improve the quality of life for everyone who calls Greater Miami home. For 50 years, we have partnered with individuals, families and corporations who have created more than 1,000 personalized, philanthropic Funds. Thanks to them, we have awarded over $250 million in grants and currently manage more than $300 million in assets to build a better Miami. As the Foundation marks our 50th anniversary, our commitment is to foster those passions that spur people to give – a sense of being connected to and investing in our community’s past, present and future – for a more resilient tomorrow.